Friday, September 20, 2013

Astros considering making changes to Tal's Hill

Jeff Luhnow:There's marketing and customer experience considerations, but from a
baseball operations perspective, do we want to risk having George
Springer or Brandon Barnes run up the hill and potentially risk an injury? That's something that's definitely a consideration.

First: We have long been advocates of replacing Tal's Hill with Crane's Canyon, a 40-foot drop at the Warning Track that is also in-play.Second: This is the first indication that there is a possibility of someone named George Springer playing for the Astros next season.

How about we replace it with a ball pit filled with little league baseballs, the center fielder would have to rummage through all the balls to find the correct one. If the wrong one is thrown back into play, the hit is automatically ruled an inside the park home run. Problem solved!

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